The two have, individually and together, spearheaded breakthrough movies like Paa, Cheeni Kum and English Vinglish. As Gauri Shinde and R Balki's Shamitabh hits theatres, the couple engages in an animated interaction with Verve about making magic at the box office
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Taking off from her thoughts on the success of the film, Queen, Madhu Jain discusses the merits of ‘fashioning a personality’ rather than going to the beauty parlour for a revolutionary make-over or aping the fashionistas
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One bagged the National Award for her very first film. The other managed one of the biggest coups in Bollywood by casting Sridevi and Amitabh Bachchan together after almost two decades in her first bravura project. Together, they represent the growing breed of strong-headed women directors who are here to tell their tales, on their own terms. Avantika Hari Agarwal and Gauri Shinde talk to Verve about expectations, experiences and the heady magic of being able to spin a story....
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